AL Judge Asks Court To Protect Him From Issuing 'License To Engage In Sodomy'

By

Carlos Santoscoy

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September 17, 2015

Washington County Probate Judge Nick
Williams has asked the Alabama Supreme Court to protect him and other
officials who object to issuing marriage licenses to gay and lesbian
couples based on their religious beliefs.

Williams filed his request for
a protective order on Wednesday.

Williams' petition notes the plight of
Kentucky clerk Kim Davis, who served a five-day jail sentence for
refusing to comply with a judge's ruling ordering her to issue
marriage licenses to all qualified couples. Davis has said that
issuing marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples would violate
her conscience.

“The jailing of Kentucky clerk
Kimberly B. Davis put at immediate risk the liberty interest of all
faithful and religiously sincere public officials in Alabama whose
office has responsibility for making decisions as to whether to give
sanction and honor to homosexual relationships to include the
issuance of a license to engage in sodomy,” the petition states.